The Fortuna City Council has made an employment offer to a potential interim city manager.

Following its regular meeting on Monday, the council went into closed session to discuss the interim city manager’s contract and continued background checks on candidates for city manager, according to Fortuna Mayor Doug Strehl. The council will continue to review city manager candidates at a special closed session meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The city council will vote on the interim city manager’s contract at a special meeting on June 11, according to Fortuna’s current city manager, Duane Rigge.

The city council hopes to have the interim city manager hired by June 18, Strehl said. Rigge’s contract expires on June 30.